Whipping device.



J. T. WALSH.

WHIPPING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG .3I, 1914.

Patented May 18, 1915.

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WHIPPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3I, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1915.

Application filed August 31, 1914. Serial No. 859,462.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN T. WALSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ottawa,in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whipping Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others'skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in whip supports and manipulating means therefor, and more particularly to a device of this character applicable to a binder and the primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will enable the usual buggy whip to be used in connection with a binder to urge onward the particular animal which is lagging.

A further object of-the invention resides in providing a device which may be quickly and readily operated from the seat of the binder which is understood to be considerable distance from the draft attaching means. v p

A still further object resides in providing a device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will bevery 'efiicient and useful in operation. i

With these and other objects in view my invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partsas will be hereinafter'referr'ed to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims. I e

In the accompanying drawings forming'a part of this application: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention and applied to a portionof a binder; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with parts in section; Fig. '3 is a similar view showing the device in operative position; Fig. 4 is a vertical section as seen on line H of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow; and, Fig. 5 is a horizontal section as seen on line 5 -5 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

In describing the invention I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which 1 designates the tongue of a binder of the usual or any preferred type. Connected to the lower supporting frame 2 and'mounted onthis frame 2 through the medium of supports 3 or any other desired means is a foot board 4:. This foot board as usual, supports the various levers, the bundle carrier and the. seat and particularly supports what is known to the art as'the tilting lever indicated at 5. My invention while involving a support and operating means for a whip has connection with this tilting lever as will be hereinafter and more particularly set forth.

The outer end of the tongue 1 has an arm or the like 6 secured thereto which extends laterally of said tongue and supports the double trees 7. Mounted on the double trees is a casting 8 the central portion of which is somewhat raised above said double trees and designed to provide a bearing 9 in which is rotatably supported the lower end .of a rod 10; This rod is removably mounted in place in the bearing and carrles a seg-- mental pulley wheel 11 to rest on the upper end of the bearing 9. This segmental'pulley wheel is adjustably and removably secured in place by means of a set screw 12 and the purpose thereof will be hereinafter and more particularly set forth. The portion of the rod 10 above the segmental pulleyll is distorted as shown at 13 and the extreme upper end thereof is bent as at 14. An elongated bracket or the like is fulcrumed intermediate of its ends on the upper bent end 14 of said rod 10 and is designed to form alever 15 the greater portion of which projects forwardly of the device and is bent somewhat downwardly. The portion of the casting forming this lever 15 in the forward portion thereof is designed to for m' an adjustable clamp 16 which forms the whip socket proper.

'From the above description it will be seen that the whip socket is supported some distance above the double trees, and in view I of the particular construction supporting the rod it will be appreciated that said whip socket may be directed toward one 7 side or the other of thebinder, according to. the animal found to be lagging. In order to provide nieansfor operating the rod so as to dispose the whip socket n one directlon or the other a pa r of flexible connections such as cables or the like 17- are pro-.

vided, the ends of which are connected to the opposite portions ofthe segmental pulley 11 and guided through the grooves therein. These flexible connections'extend rear.

wardly and/are guided through a double pulley 18 which is supported. on a block or the like 19 carriedon the tongue 1 just forward of the lowersupporting frame 2. The

7 connections 17 are then guided through a loop or guide 20 which is carried on theforward end of the foot board a and extend upwardly therefrom. The free ends' of said connections are engaged with an actuating lever 21 which is fulcrumed intermediate of itsends'on the tilting lever 5 hereinbefore referred to. The ends of the connections are engaged withthe'lever on opposite sidesof the fulcrum point thereof sothat when said lever. is actuated in one direction the seg-' mental pulley will be tilted in a position to 7 direct the whip socket toward one. side of the binder and when operated infthe other direction a reverse position will betaken by V the whip socket. This lever is disposed ad-- acent the drivers seat sothat the same may 1 be readily actuated at thewill of the driver.

In order to take up'a'ny slack in the connec tions'17 the'coil springs 22 are provided in the length thereof.

The construction above described sets forth the manner vin which the whip socket may be directed toonefside or the other according to the animal desired to be urged is connected with the heel or'rear end por but additional means is: provided for ac tuating the whip socket proper to snap the whip carried therein' To this end a strong coil spring 28 is provided, one end of'which tion of the lever 15 while the opposite end is engaged with'a loop or eye on the casting 8. This coil" spring normally retains the l ever in a predetermined position whichi'posr tion supports the whip upright onlthede vice. An additional flexible connection 25 I ;is engaged with the outer end portionfof the lever 1 5..and is directed downwardly to be guided through theaforesaid loop or' eye- 24. This connection extends. rearwardly from the loop or .eye and isengaged, inany desired'manner, with the upper end portion of the tilting lever 5, where the same may be readily engaged by the driver. It will 7 thus be seenthata after the whipsocket has been directed to the or left by the ac tion, the whip socket carrying the whip Willbe returned to its initial and upright position through the medium of the coil s'pring23. It will be seenthat the complete 7 "devicemay be quickly and readily operated at the will'of the driverby a mere actuation of the lever21 and the flexible connecjacent the drivers seat.

. From. the foregoing description of the construction of my device the manner ofap plying-'rsthe same to use and the operation v tion 25, which are disposed immediately adthereof will be vreadily understood and'it will be seen that I have provided an improved whip socket and manipulating means therefor which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and

one which" will be very effici'ent and useful in operation. p

Having thus describedmy invention, What I claim is: I

1.'In aidevice'of the class described, the

combination with a supporting rod mounted for oscillation on a vertical axis, said'rod being distorted intermediate of its ends'and bent laterally at its upper end; of a member mounted for oscillation vertically on the upperbent end of said rod and supporting a whip socket thereon, yielding means for normally retaining said oscillating member in 'a. predeterminedposition with respect to the supporting rod, means for oscillating said supporting rod, and additional means for actuating the oscillating member on said I rod. I

2. In a device vof the class described,the

combination with a supporting rod mounted;

for oscillation on a verticalaxis, a segmental grooved pulley mounted on the rod adjacent the lower end'thereof, flexible connections engaged at their ends with said segmental pulley and trained through the grooves of the periphery thereof, and means in connection with said flexible connectionsfor man'- ay actuating thesame and oscillating the supporting rod on its axis of an oscillating whipsupport mounted on the upper endof said rod, .andineans for actuating said s pp r .13. Themounted for oscillation upon a vertical axis, a second member mounted on the first named member for. oscillation on a horizontal axis,

'a whip socket carried by the second mem ber, anda spring for returning said second member to normal position, of a pulley se.

cured to the first named member anddesigned tooscillate same, a pair of cables combination 'with a. member In testimony whereof I have hereunto set leading rearwardly from said pulley, a third my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 10 cable leading rearwardly from the second named member, an upright lever fulcrumed nesses.

at its lower end and connected to said third cable, and a second lever fulcrumed between JOHN WALSH its ends to the first named lever, said second Witnesses:

lever being connected with said pair of H. M. KELLY,

cables. KATHERINE OBRIEN.

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